ICE has begun to ramp up immigration enforcement operations, recently netting 10,000 migrants over the last five days.PULSE POINTS❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 10,000 migrants over a five-day period in late June, amid a major push to ramp up immigration enforcement. The arrests averaged approximately 2,000 per day, marking a significant increase compared to prior periods.📺 DETAIL: The White House has reportedly directed ICE to make at least 2,000 arrests per day as the administration works toward its goal of deporting one million migrants annually, with the number of detainees now exceeding 63,000. The crackdown follows Supreme Court decisions allowing the administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Haiti and Syria, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands.💬 KEY QUOTE: “Our message is clear: if you come to our country illegally, we will find you, we will arrest you, and we will deport you.” – Department of Homeland Security🎯 IMPACT: ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) executive associate director Marcos Charles congratulated agents on the enforcement surge, writing, “I want to personally thank each of you for your extraordinary efforts this past weekend. Through your dedication, professionalism, and unwavering commitment to our mission, enforcement and removal operations achieved remarkable operational results.”Join Pulse+ to comment below, and receive exclusive e-mail analyses. Your free, daily feed from The National Pulse. More From The Pulse Polling data has revealed that most Londoners want Mayor Sadiq Khan to stand down ahead of the next election, citing failure across a wide range of policy areas.PULSE POINTS❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Most Londoners do not want Sadiq Khan to seek another term as Mayor of London, according to polling data.📺 DETAIL: According to a poll conducted by YouGov, 56 percent of Londoners think Khan should step down as Mayor ahead of the 2028 mayoral election. This includes 31 percent of people who voted for Khan at the last mayoral election in 2024. The poll also revealed that 55 percent of Londoners believe that London has become a worse place to live since Khan became Mayor back in 2016. Sixty-six percent of Londoners believe that Khan has handled housing “badly,” compared to just 17 percent who said the Mayor was handling the issue “well.” In addition, 76 percent of Londoners said that affordability has worsened in the capital over the past decade, compared to just five percent who said it has improved. The poll further revealed that 69 percent of Londoners believe that the economy of the capital has worsened over Khan’s tenure. Sixty-two percent of Londoners believe homelessness has worsened, 62 percent think high streets and public spaces have declined, and 58 percent believe that crime has worsened.💬 KEY QUOTE: “Only 24% of [Londoners] think [Khan] should run for a fourth term as Mayor of London,” said Matthew Smith, Data Journalist for YouGov.🎯 IMPACT: This poll demonstrates that most Londoners agree with President Donald J. Trump, who has long been critical of Khan’s time as Mayor of London. “He’s a disaster. He’s a disaster. He’s got a totally different ideology to what he’s supposed to have,” the President said of the Mayor in December last year. The finding that a clear majority of people in the capital believe that Khan has failed on affordable housing, which the Mayor has consistently described as his main priority, is particularly bad, especially since he has been in office for a decade. Khan has been elected three times previously: first in 2016, again in 2021, and most recently in 2024.📺 FLASHBACK: The Mayor and the President have a long-standing rivalry. “I’m not a fan of your mayor… He’s a nasty person,” said President Trump said in July last year. Khan has previously attacked the President as “racist, sexist, homophobic, and Islamophobic.”Image via East London Mosque. Your free, daily feed from The National Pulse. Join Pulse+ to comment below, and receive exclusive e-mail analyses. show less Polling data has revealed that most Londoners want Mayor Sadiq Khan to stand down ahead of the next election, citing failure across a wide range of policy areas. show more A poll has revealed that a plurality of Britons support standing up to France to address illegal migrant crossings in the English Channel.PULSE POINTS❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A plurality of around four in 10 Britons believe that the British government needs to take a tougher stance against France to address illegal migrant crossings in the English Channel, according to polling data. Significantly, Britain has paid hundreds of millions of pounds to France to stop the crossings, but the number of interceptions has actually declined.📺 DETAIL: According to a poll conducted by YouGov, the largest polling firm in Britain, 41 percent of Britons think their government should take a tougher stance against France. By contrast, 35 percent supported a closer relationship with France to stop the boats transporting illegal migrants across the English Channel. The poll also revealed that 79 percent of supporters of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, which has pitched a military operation to return boat migrants to France, believe the government should take a tougher stance. Sixty-seven percent of people supporting Olukemi “Kemi” Badenoch’s nominally center-right Conservative Party said the same. In contrast, only 24 percent of Labour voters supported taking a harder line. Twenty-four percent of people backing the Liberal Democrats, a pro-open borders party that supports rejoining the European Union (EU), said the same. Meanwhile, only 19 percent of those backing Zack Polanski’s far-left Green Party want the government to take a tougher stance on France to stop the illegal crossings.🎯 IMPACT: The poll reflects declining confidence in the British government’s failed “one-in, one-out” deal, which mandates that for every migrant the British government returns to France after an illegal crossing, Britain will admit one different legal migrant from France. However, earlier this month, it was revealed that 1,117 migrants have been admitted to the United Kingdom while only 1,087 illegals have been taken out of the country, for a slight increase in migrants overall.Join Pulse+ to comment below, and receive exclusive e-mail analyses. Your free, daily feed from The National Pulse. show less A poll has revealed that a plurality of Britons support standing up to France to address illegal migrant crossings in the English Channel. show more New data reveals a massive overrepresentation of North African asylum seekers among accused criminals.PULSE POINTS❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Swiss migration figures show that about 80.5 percent of asylum seekers from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia have been accused of at least one offense, compared with 12.5 percent among asylum seekers overall. The figures from Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) indicate that North African applicants are significantly overrepresented among those accused of crimes. Their asylum claims are also rarely successful, with roughly 99 percent of applications reportedly rejected, according to Swiss media.📺 DETAIL: Switzerland introduced an accelerated asylum process for applicants from several North African countries in 2024, allowing officials to quickly handle cases considered unlikely to result in protection. Officials say the process can nevertheless be prolonged when applicants decline to provide fingerprints, miss scheduled appointments, or fail to appear for deportation. SEM spokesman Daniel Bach said removing people convicted or repeatedly accused of criminal offenses remains a priority for the country’s asylum policy. Swiss authorities are considering expanding the use of coercive measures and tighter rules surrounding administrative detention to facilitate removals.💬 KEY QUOTE: “Criminals must leave Switzerland quickly. This is a priority of the asylum strategy,” said SEM spokesman Daniel Bach.🎯 IMPACT: The figures are likely to intensify debate in Switzerland over the effectiveness of its asylum system and whether accelerated procedures and deportations are sufficient to address criminality among migrants. The data could also increase pressure on Swiss authorities to strengthen cooperation with North African governments to accelerate deportations.Join Pulse+ to comment below, and receive exclusive e-mail analyses. Your free, daily feed from The National Pulse. show less New data reveals a massive overrepresentation of North African asylum seekers among accused criminals. show more In a surprising move, California Governor Gavin Newsom has praised President Trump’s children’s savings accounts, urging parents to participate.PULSE POINTS❓ WHAT HAPPENED: California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) endorsed President Donald J. Trump’s children’s savings accounts, calling them “one of the best things” the President has done. Newsom encouraged parents to sign up for the accounts, which provide a $1,000 federal deposit for children born during Trump’s second term and can grow rapidly with regular contributions.💬 KEY QUOTE: “I’m enthusiastic about encouraging people to get a Trump Account. It’s one of the best things he’s done.” – Gavin Newsom🎯 IMPACT: Newsom’s endorsement could influence California parents to participate in the program despite the largely Democrat-voting state’s opposition to the President.📰 DETAIL: Trump Accounts, launched last month, are designed to help parents save for their children’s future, with federal and corporate contributions and potentially significant investment growth that could give young Americans a head start as they become adults. Newsom, who has implemented similar savings programs in California, highlighted the importance of setting aside political differences for the benefit of children’s financial futures.👀 FLASHBACK: Newsom’s attitude contrasts with that of other Democrats, such as Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who in July led a group of lawmakers urging parents not to take advantage of Trump Accounts despite the opportunity they provide to build generational wealth. “Democrats would rather keep working families trapped in dependency on the government programs they control than let them own a piece of their future,” the White House responded at the time, adding: “They’d rather punish their own constituents than see a policy associated with President Trump succeed and improve the lives of Americans. They’re putting their hatred of President Trump above giving American children a real shot at the American Dream.”Join Pulse+ to comment below, and receive exclusive e-mail analyses. Your free, daily feed from The National Pulse. show less In a surprising move, California Governor Gavin Newsom has praised President Trump's children's savings accounts, urging parents to participate. show more TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, have agreed to a $400 million settlement following a federal lawsuit that alleged that the platform had violated U.S. children’s online privacy laws.PULSE POINTS❓ WHAT HAPPENED: TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, have agreed to pay $400 million to settle allegations of violating children’s privacy.📺 DETAIL: The announcement from the Department of Justice (DOJ) came on Friday. The agreement followed allegations that the platform had violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by collecting and retaining data from young users without parental consent. The lawsuit also alleged that the platform had knowingly permitted children to create accounts and interact with adults on the platform since 2019. The lawsuit initially stemmed from a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into the platform. The DOJ initially sued the platform in 2024. In response to the legal action, TikTok has committed to various changes, such as features to enhance parental oversight and age-related controls.💬 KEY QUOTE: “Those developments have materially advanced the public interests underlying the Department’s litigation and have strengthened protections for millions of American families,” read a statement from the Department of Justice.🎯 IMPACT: The settlement serves as a significant step in holding tech companies accountable for protecting children’s online privacy. The changes implemented by TikTok aim to better safeguard young users. This follows a divestment deal secured by President Donald J. Trump back in September last year. In January 2026, ByteDance sold a majority stake in its U.S. operations to non-Chinese investors. The process began after a law was passed back in 2024 forcing ByteDance to divest or face a U.S. ban. This is not the only child safety-related lawsuit to face TikTok and ByteDance. In Pennsylvania, the platform is facing a lawsuit alleging that TikTok is addictive and harmful. “TikTok has built its empire based on a model of addictiveness at all costs,” said Pennsylvania’s Attorney General Dave Sunday.Image by Solen Feyissa. Your free, daily feed from The National Pulse. Join Pulse+ to comment below, and receive exclusive e-mail analyses. show less TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, have agreed to a $400 million settlement following a federal lawsuit that alleged that the platform had violated U.S. children's online privacy laws. show more The U.S. Mission to Belgium has criticized Ghent University for suspending Nathan Cofnas, the academic who exposed the plagiarism and fraudulent claims of the late Jason Arday, a former professor at the University of Cambridge.PULSE POINTS❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Mission to Belgium has condemned Ghent University for suspending the academic who broke the Jason Arday scandal.📺 DETAIL: The condemnation came on Friday after it was reported that academic Nathan Cofnas had been suspended from Ghent University, the second-largest university in Belgium. Cofnas gained attention after uncovering plagiarism and fabrications in the work and personal biography of Jason Arday, a former professor at the University of Cambridge. Arday was the youngest black professor at the university. Arday was found dead in his London home earlier this month after resigning from his position after an investigation into his appointment was announced. Cofnas was suspended amid the backlash to his exposé. “I was just suspended by Ghent University. They will almost certainly fire me. The decision was made by rector Petra De Sutter, a former leader of the Green Party,” announced Cofnas on X (formerly Twitter). U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White has criticized the university’s actions and announced a review of U.S. relations with Ghent University. The U.S. government regularly funds and supports research, academic exchanges, and other engagements with overseas universities. “Dishonest, corrupt institutions that engage in, or reward, scapegoating mob behavior are not